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Articles By: Andy KellerAndy Keller, entrepreneur and activist has traveled the country as the dreaded Bag Monster to increase support for single-use plastic bag reduction efforts. Keller is the Founder and CEO of the ChicoBag Company and a Founding Member of the Reusable Bag Association.

In an effort to understand how the recent lawsuits fit into the larger strategy of the plastics industry, I began investigating the history of industry’s litigation tactics, and uncovered a long and largely untold story of conflict between the public and the now ubiquitous plastic bag. This timeline is intended as a starting point for people interested in the history and tactics of the single-use plastics industry

As humans, we go to work or school, go grocery shopping, run errands, take care of family and otherwise live life. Our world can easily shrink to the size of our city, town, or neighborhood. We can easily find ourselves living in a world full of asphalt, concrete, buildings and cars for months, years, or even a lifetime. With over [&hellip

When Jack Johnson is not spreading love and joy around the world with his music, he is most likely giving back to the world through his Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation or back to his home community of Hawaii via the Kokua Hawaii Foundation. Jack, a lover of the oceans and nature, along with his Wife Kim Johnson and their foundations, have helped untold millions [&hellip

I recently read a well-researched article in the East Bay Express by Nate Seltenrich. The article details Berkeley, California’s behind-the-scenes issues with the recycling of plastics within their community. It further highlights the problems of the “recycle” mantra of the plastics industry. For many years, the city of Berkeley has encouraged its residents to reduce plastic use, apparently without success. [&hellip

On a planet with a growing population exceeding 7 billion, and with a finite supply of fossil fuel locked deep within its crust, is it still rational to take extraordinary risks to extract this precious and limited resource and use it to make single-use disposable plastic products that are made to be thrown away? If you haven’t kicked your single-use [&hellip